放眼世界

fàngyǎnshìjiè

idiom #67,673

Meanings

Wǒmen yào lìzú běntǔ, fàngyǎnshìjiè.

We should stand rooted at home while keeping our eyes on the world.

Fàngyǎnshìjiè, zhèyàng de chuàngxīn bìng bù shǎojiàn.

Looking at the world at large, innovation of this kind is not rare.

usage

Often appears as the opening of a statement ('放眼世界, ...') or paired with 立足 ('ground oneself in X') to contrast local focus with global perspective.

放 fàng

眼 yǎn

世 shì

界 jiè